2016-2017 Work

These are my most recent paintings. Please email me at kowalczykart@gmail.com for availability, pricing, or to arrange a studio visit. I am also always happy to take commissions if you have a specific idea in mind.

Works on Paper

These are made using a combination of painting and printmaking techniques on cotton rag paper. Their delicate surfaces have been tinted with tea, marbled, and or gilded to create a rich one of kind pieces. All are available for purchase, please email me at kowalczykart@gmail.com for availability and details. I hope you enjoy!

Public Art

Target Shrines

Mask Series

Mask #2

Acrylic, fabric, and ribbon on canvas

11'' x 14''

2015

Mask #1

Acrylic, fabric, and ribbon on canvas

11'' x 14''

2015

Mask #4

Acrylic, fabric, and ribbon on canvas

11'' x 14''

2015

Mask #3

Acrylic, fabric, and ribbon on canvas

11'' x 14''

2015

Mask #5

Acrylic, fabric, and ribbon on canvas

11'' x 14''

2015

Mask #6

Acrylic, fabric, and ribbon on canvas

11'' x 14''

2015

Kimono Mono Series

This series was exhibited at Creative Studios in Door County, WI in July 2014. These pieces are made combining multiple printmaking processes, collage, drawing, and painting. Each piece is a unique painting and mono print that has antique kimono silk incorporated. The silks were sent to me from Japan form a women who I met at an opening once. I kept them around the studio for awhile but decided they needed their own series. I remember the lady telling me they were her mothers and she couldn't throw them away. I was happy to immortalize them in these works.

Enigmatic Shrine

These are installation photos of my solo exhibition "Enigmatic Shrine" at COMB Gallery in Milwaukee, WI in October 2014.

Serpent Stable

These are installation photos from my solo exhibition at American Fantasy Classics in Milwaukee, WI in March 2012.

This Over That

These are photos from my solo exhibition "This Over That" at The Borg Ward in Milwaukee, WI in June 2011.

Synergistic Shaman

These are installation photos of a collaborative exhibit, "Synergistic Shaman," Sara Bott and I created for Ace Carriage House Gallery in Milwaukee, WI in June 2013.

Understanding Ellsworth Kelly Without Understanding Ellsworth Kelly

These are photos of my solo exhibition, "Understanding Ellsworth Kelly Without Understanding Ellsworth Kelly," at RedLine Milwaukee in July 2012.

Redline Milwaukee (1422 N. 4th St Milwaukee, WI 53212) is pleased to announce Understanding Ellsworth Kelly Without Understanding Ellsworth Kelly, a solo exhibition of paintings and works on paper by John Kowalczyk, www.johnkowalczyk.tumblr.com. The work in this show borrows color palettes and formal arrangements from Ellsworth Kelly but instead of a pure and minimal surface it is saturated, layered, and patterned. Kowalczyk is interested in the hierarchy of painting and the similarities between decorative and conceptual painting. Fabrics, handmade papers, repurposed prints, and ribbons are some of the collage elements that create the layers within the work, the materials are kitsch in nature but transcend themselves when placed in their high art context. The opening reception will be held on Friday July 6th, 2012 from 6 to 9pm.